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Argos has investments in Panama, Honduras, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is the second largest concrete producer and the fourth largest cement producer in the United States and it exports cement and clinker to 27 countries around the world. Argos competes with Cemex, Votorantim Cimentos, InterCement, Holcim and other cement companies.
Holcim operates four businesses segments: cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and other products, including precast concrete, asphalt, mortar, and other building materials. Originally, the company was established as LafargeHolcim by the merger on 10 July 2015 of Holcim and Lafarge, which had combined sales of CHF 26.7 billion in 2019. [3]
In 2005, Holcim purchased Aggregate Industries for US$4.1 billion, entering the United Kingdom for the first time. [2] That year, the company also expanded into India by acquiring a stakes in The Associated Cement Companies (ACC) and Ambuja Cement Eastern. In 2008, Holcim became the largest shareholder of China's Huaxin Cement with a 40% stake.
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in cement, construction aggregates, and concrete. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It is the world's largest cement manufacturer. It was founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge and is a part of the Holcim Group .
In 2016, the firm's capacity was 14.1 million tonnes of cement, 5 million metric tonnes of aggregates and 3.5 million tonnes of ready-mix concrete. The company manufactures and distributes products through its associated divisions that include WAPCO, United Cement Company of Nigeria, Calabar , Ashaka Cement, Lafarge South Africa and Atlas ...
Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, is a company based in the United Kingdom with headquarters at Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leicestershire.Aggregate Industries manufactures and supplies a range of heavy building materials, primarily aggregates such as stone, asphalt and concrete to the construction industry and other business sectors.
Egyptian Cement Company recently became Lafarge Cement Egypt with a total production capacity of about 10 million tons of cement coming from five lines designed and manufactured by POLYSIUS FRANCE, LCE arranged as the second plant all over the world on the cement production. Sinai White Cement Portland. Misr-Beni Suef. Misr-Quena.
CEMEX currently operates on four continents, with 64 cement plants, 1,348 ready-mix-concrete facilities, 246 quarries, 269 distribution centers and 68 marine terminals. [ 4 ] In the 2021 Forbes Global 2000 , Cemex was ranked as the 1178th -largest public company in the world with over US$13 billion in annual sales.